Wendy Pinto / La Paz
The Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) aims to update the registration teams and software to perform better in any electoral process, he said yesterday the vice president of the institution Antonio Costas.
“we will renew and migration of biometric platform. let’s buy equipment and we buy new software, high performance, allowing us to project about five years,” said Costas to Page seven.
the electoral authority explained that the biometric platform acquired in 2009, and which currently operates the Plurinational electoral Body (EPO) is fully operational, but the demands that the vocal registered -from entered the TSE-2015, renovation is necessary.
“They require more modern and agile systems,” said Vice President of the TSE. This change will be this year, but you do not have an exact date.
According to Costas, in this first purchase is intended to acquire at least 300 completely new equipment, preferably all “mobile”.
“That means there will be a significant investment by the Electoral Tribunal and will resort to cooperation so that we can help, “said Costas
international collaboration will come from Denmark.; vocal estimates that the investment will amount to 6.5 million Bolivians
But that’s not the only thing that will be renewed this year.; Vice President of the EPO noted that licenses are also targeted.
Currently, licenses called AFIS fingerprint recognition were granted by the Japanese firm NEC Corporation, which has a subsidiary in Argentina.
“With them we will make contact to make us a proposal to update the entire system, not the records, because they are good,” he said.
The voice said that licenses were acquired for life in 2009. While saying also being discussed to increase the licenses in the central system, amounting to 10 million and reaching for the same number of people.
“Those 10 million current licenses will serve us as a starting platform and surely will buy 20% or 30% more, “he said, adding that the cost of upgrading licenses is unknown, but it will be less than the amount invested in 2009.
Audit to register
the vice president of the TSE said meeting in April with the election observation missions of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Union of South American Nations (Unasur) and probably with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) for coordination meetings of the audit of the electoral roll.
“We come good audit, but not there’s a certain date to do it, the intention is that it is during this administration, for peace of the citizens, “he said.
in these meetings the areas where observers want to work and the information will be defined tasks will be public knowledge and not confidential, as before.
“The results of the audit are going to discuss internally, but we will make public because we want to build trust among citizens, nothing can be confidential,” he said.
The Vice President of the TSE He highlighted the presence of Unasur in the recent electoral process, because that body visited the data center of the TSE, the data center in San Jorge and followed up to the security of networks that are protected with all the tools and have permanent monitoring system.
However, Costas rejected the observation mission of the OAS on the register. “They have been unprofessional, definitely. He criticized the electoral roll and not know how to deal now, “he said.
It is unknown how long the audit will take place.
Remarks
Teams currently in the TSE there are 1,800 machines that are enabled for registration, 13,000 were transferred to other institutions. After the purchase of new equipment, machines will be switched to civil registration officers. “They will do with our officials the permanent record in the census and all tasks related to civil registration,” Costas said.
Donation The Full Chamber has decided to leave at consulates 46 or 48 teams permanently .
company Costas said the TSE will not hire any outside firm to do the audit, but if the rest of organisms intended to do “is at your risk,” said
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